WD4JKH
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I don't know if this is allowed by the admins so please delete if it isn't.
I have helped out at the training center here with car crashes for their accident reconstruction class and this time I asked if it was okay if I installed some equipment to see how it would do in a crash with air bag deployment.
Granted this is just one instance with a certain type of vehicle with certain equipment and the results will obviously vary. I do not condone or encourage any type of installation method, I am just putting this out for a FYI.
The equipment was a radio velcroed on top of the dash, a portable radio on a metal holder, a older large flip phone on a vent clip, and a Maratrac control head on a pedestal mounted to the hump. To my surprise, everything except the vent clip didn't move far.
They decided to add a dummy with his feet propped on the dash to show why that is a bad idea unless you like the taste of your own foot.
Video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IXBcKT22bg
For the long video of the test, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNdVpT1sBKQ
I have helped out at the training center here with car crashes for their accident reconstruction class and this time I asked if it was okay if I installed some equipment to see how it would do in a crash with air bag deployment.
Granted this is just one instance with a certain type of vehicle with certain equipment and the results will obviously vary. I do not condone or encourage any type of installation method, I am just putting this out for a FYI.
The equipment was a radio velcroed on top of the dash, a portable radio on a metal holder, a older large flip phone on a vent clip, and a Maratrac control head on a pedestal mounted to the hump. To my surprise, everything except the vent clip didn't move far.
They decided to add a dummy with his feet propped on the dash to show why that is a bad idea unless you like the taste of your own foot.
Video is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IXBcKT22bg
For the long video of the test, here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNdVpT1sBKQ